Determination of the processing capacity of a container terminal

Abstract

   Recently, there has been a reorientation of logistics flows from the west to the east. Containerized cargo is also not left out. Due to the sharp increase in transshipment volumes through the eastern sea and land border crossings, there is an urgent need to increase container traffic. Container transportation has a modular type, since the cargo is behind the shipper's seals along the entire route; regardless of what operations are performed with it and what type of transport it is transported. Modular transportation makes it possible to speed up loading and unloading many times compared to bulk cargo or packaging in containers, which, in turn, also increases the capacity of loading and unloading and reloading stations.
   The article discusses the container terminal K. It includes 4 container platforms equipped with heavy gantry cranes and reach stackers. The capacity of container platforms and the terminal as a whole is calculated in twenty-foot equivalent, depending on the capacity of container platforms and the performance of mechanization facilities. The relevance of this calculation is related to the need to optimize the terminal parameters. It was found that when calculating the throughput capacity, the largest processing capacity of container platform 3, the minimum – container platform 4; when calculating, depending on the productivity of mechanization, the largest processing capacity also has container platform 3, and the smallest – container platform 2. A probabilistic distribution of container flows was carried out depending on the intervals of loading and unloading volumes for maximum month. The reserve stock of container platforms at the container terminal has been determined. The average stock of container seats at the terminal was calculated by interpolation. The available capacity of the container terminal was compared with the volume of containers processed in 2021. The forecast values of the terminal capacity for container transshipment for 2023-2025 were compared with the nominal capacity. In the course of comparing the actual capacity of the container handling terminal with the projected values of the total annual container flow, the need for technical or technological improvements of the container terminal by 2023 was identified.